Milk-pail



R. H. DAMITZ.

MILK PAIL.

APPLICATION FILI-:D JUNE I1. 1919.

1,327,704. Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

't' ,if A l v RINEHOLDT H. DAMITZ, 0F KENNEDY, MINNESOTA.

MILK-FAIL.

Substitute for application Serial No. 179,264, filed July 7, 1917.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented an. 13, 1920.

This application filed June 17, 1919.

Serial No. 304,952.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RINEHOLDT H. DA- Mrrz, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kennedy, in the county of Kittson, State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMilk-Fails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in milk pails andparticularly to non-spilling attachments therefor.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel cover for amilk pail which will prevent the spilling of the milk should the pail beupset.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved device of thischaracter having a novel straining cover and means for detachablysecuring the cover to the pail in a liquid-tight manner.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a milk pail made in accordance with theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, thelower portion of the pail being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2looking upwardly in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar t0 Fig. 2, but which shows the pailin position on its side.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the pail and covershowing the securing means for the cover.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a milkail, the upper edge ofwhich is rolled, as s own at 11. Inwardly of therolled edge the upper portion of the pail is formed with acircumferentially extending groove 12, and formed vertically through therolled edge are the openings 13.

A cover is arranged to be disposed on the upper end of the pail, andsald cover includes a basin-shaped upper wall 14, in the center of which`is formed an opening l5.

Secured in this opening and extending thereacross, is a wire screen 16,for straining vthe milk as it enters the pail from the cow.

Depending from the wall of the opening 15 is an internally threadedflange 15, and within this flange is screwed a ring 17. Formedintegrally with the ring and depending below the opening 15, are thedivergent arms 18, the lower ends of which have the inwardly directedlugs 19. Disposed between the said arms is a weighted disk 20, the samebeing arranged to move freely between the ring and the lugs, the diskresting on the ring and completely closing the straining -opening whenthe pail is turned over or inverted, and normally resting on the lugswhen the pail is in an upright position. Thus should the cow kick overthe pail, the outlet will be closed and the milk prevented from spillingfrom the pail. It will be understood that the lugs are so spaced apartthat the milk can readily pass the disk and enter the pail whilemilking.

The lower edge of the iiange 21, which depends from the peripheral edgeof the wall 14., of the cover, and forms a part of the cover, isarranged to be seated in the beforementioned groove 12, and is formedwith a double bevel 21. Secured to the outer face of the said flange andextending outwardly and downwardly therefrom, are the hookshaped members22, said members being arranged to be passed vertically through theopenings 13, when the cover is laced in position on the pail, and to emrace the portions of the rolled edge 11 between the openings 13 when thecover is given a partial rotation on the pail. It will be noted that theouter curved portions of the hook members `are tapered transversely sothat when they engage with the rolled edge and the cover is partiallyrotated, a wedging action will be produced between the hooks and therolled edge which will draw downwardly on the cover and firmly seat thebeveled edge 21 in the groove 12. This will form a liquid-tight jointbetween the cover and the pail to prevent escape of milk shouldk thepail be upset.

What is claimed is:

A milk pail including a receptacle, a cover for the receptacle includinga basin-shaped upper wall having a central opening, the

grzfwty disk disposed `between the arras.

wall vof the opening `being extended down-l Iniestimony whereof Iv a'ixmy signature wardly to form a ange, a screen mounted ,n the presence oftwo witnesses. in the opening, a ring engaged in said y RINEHOLDT HDAMITZ.

iange2 dependng'divergent arms carried by the sald ring, inwardlydirected lugs carried Witnesses:

by the lower portions of the arms, and a Y l ANDREW L. RYNNING,

SWAN PEARsoN.

